Venus and Jupiter will finally come together this week in a dazzling show for skywatchers. The two planets have been dancing towards each other in the evening sky, but now they will really get close.

Beginning tonight, the two brightest planets in the sky will be so close together that you'll be able to block both of them out with a few fingers held at arm's length. The celestial action peaks March 15 (Thursday), when Venus and Jupiter line up in what's known as a planetary conjunction.

EAAE Online

Here are some social pages as well as our Homepage and Wikipedia page.

You can contribute!

Any teacher who wishes to announce an event at his country (or school) is welcomed to send the news as he wants it to be presented. The text should be sent in Word (.doc) or text (.txt) format and images in JPEG or GIF format.

If you are an astronomy teacher and want to be part of our news team (Contributors), all you need to do is to contact your EAAE national representative and request him to send us your email contact to confirm you are in fact a teacher.